MOSCOW - If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin's aims in Ukraine this year, it was the population's strong aversion to sending in Russian troops - something Russia denies doing, despite mounting international evidence to the contrary.
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A picture taken on May 25, 2015 shows Russian military vehicles participating in a drill at the Kuzminsky training ground in the Rostov region, some 50 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border.
